Acne breakout is one of the complaints of many teenagers since the start of time. Both girls and boys experience this during puberty. The only problem though, with all the varieties of cure and reviews being released and offered in beauty commercials and advertisements, you wouldn’t know which one would be fit for your skin.
Good thing homeopathy, or which they claim to be, has found some solution for the everlasting puberty problem of acne breakout. The Peterson Group a world-wide non-profit organization with an aim to identify both the negative and positive effects of alternative, integrative and complementary medicines has tried to identify these treatments.
To better understand, let us first discuss the different kinds of acne as there are surprising many:
1. Acne vulgaris
- The most commonly experienced acne breakout happening typically during puberty on the face, shoulders and chest.
2. Acne rosacea
- A red rash predominantly on the face.
3. Acne keloidalis nuchae (pseudofolliculitis nuchae)
- A rash caused by shaving.
4. Acne conglobata (Hidradenitis suppurativa)
- Chronic abscesses or boils of sweat gland and hair follicle; in the underarms, groin, and buttocks and under the breasts in women.
5. Acne cosmetic
- Acne caused by use of cosmetics.
6. Acne fulminans
- An extreme form of acne conglobata.
7. Acne medicamentosa
- Acne cause by starting or stopping medicine.
8. Baby acne
- A rash seen on the cheeks, chin, and forehead of infants.
9. Chloracne
- Acne caused by exposure to chlorinated hydrocarbons such as dioxins
Acne breakout is also often caused by stress or irregularity of sleep. No matter, here is the following holistic treatments found to cure acne or prevents them from breaking:
• Calcaria Sulphuricum
This medicine is often indicated for those who have a tendency to get pus formation on acne. The person may be less tolerance to heat as compared to cold. The acne may be large, inflamed, red, and painful with tendency to get scars. It is one of the twelve tissue remedies used in homeopathy as well as in biochemistry.
• Silica
A wonder drug sourced from sand, the metal Silica (Si) which works on the immune system, hormone in such a way that the tendency to get acne with pus formation, reduces after some doses of this medicine. The person tends to be sensitive to cold air, breeze and cold water. This kind of treatment is usually being offered with spa services in Jakarta, Indonesia and Bangkok, Thailand
• Dulcamara
This medicine from plant kingdom works for acne and the marks left thereafter. Face may be full of acne and also with some allergic rash. When acne increases with change of climate from dry to humid, you have to remember Dulcamara.